Food security for urban homesteaders

Self-sufficiency can seem daunting at first. Here are some tips on foraging, community gardening and guerilla gardening to get you started on the path to food security for you and your family.

December 19, 2015

# Gardening

How to become self-sufficient

Gradual steps you can follow on your way to reducing your dependency on others while developing a sustainable and healthy life.

September 18, 2015

Mustard: The greatest among herbs

It grows well in Newfoundland, has a variety of uses, and experimenting with it can make you feel like Alice tumbling down a rabbit hole…

July 25, 2015

Rhubarb: more than meets the pie

Used for making medicine, wines and liqueurs, insecticide and art, there’s much more to this vegetable that many of us ever knew.

June 27, 2015

Popularity of local food production on the rise in NL

From Facebook groups to farmers’ markets and community gardens to communal food-sharing programs --- the writing’s in the dirt: food security is an important idea…

May 22, 2015

Why we chose goats

There's more to goats than meets the eye. These loyal companions can fill the role of a household dog while providing you with a bounty…

February 7, 2015

Farming failures, foraging fortunes

No matter how successful your garden, there's always something wild growing right around the corner.

Genevieve Brouillette

September 16, 2013

Elders share wisdom of food

A local group is unveiling a series of films that features Islanders eager to share traditional knowledge of food production, a basic life skill that's…

May 8, 2013

Spring is only on the horizon, and it's never too early to start thinking about the little things that give life.

Genevieve Brouillette

January 21, 2013

Supply and Demand

Celebrating spring: A season dressed in winter’s clothes

Our time will come...

Laura Nelson-Hamilton

April 3, 2012

Supply and Demand

Gardens in winter

Of memories and plans...

Laura Nelson-Hamilton

January 10, 2012

View From The Mainland

Where have all the gardens gone?

Self-sufficiency used to be not only possible, but important. Maybe it still should be

December 1, 2011

Arts & Culture Gardening 101

Gardening 101.10

You’re working in partnership with nature, but nature is sometimes indifferent to the success of the joint venture. In fact, sometimes you'd swear nature was…

August 17, 2011